Health Anxiety - Part 5

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Sorry if someone else was going to do this, I just didn't want to lose you all 😂

@MrsWhites
@argueifnecessary
@tmh88
@Skyliner001
@TheSilentStars
@hildagardecrowe
@BigGreen
@goolies
@iamsodonewith2020
@KAP232
@polkadotpixie

Sorry if I missed anyone!

Hi @Goolies

Yes I keep doing the same with mine and I’ve now convinced myself I can feel a lump underneath the dent so I’m even more distressed now! I think I’ve looked at it/felt it at least once every half hour

Thank you, I’ll make sure to message her

@MissJAG my GP was useless, he wouldn’t even look at mine he just said I don’t want to embarrass you bu asking to look but that’s not what Breast cancer presents like. I wouldn’t have been emabarrassd I wanted him to look! Ended up having to go private as I was so distressed. :(

@Goolies how awful that they wouldn’t even check. Very unprofessional. I guess I’m lucky that I’ve had two GPs check me over but I just don’t believe them that there’s nothing to worry about. If the 3rd GP won’t refer me on Monday then I think I’ll have to go private otherwise I’m going to worry myself sick (like I’m not already ) If you don’t mind me asking, how much did it cost to go private?

I went to Spire they do a one stop clinic where you can see the consultants get scans and results all in a day. Ended up costing about £700 ish. I would say it’s worth it but I replaced that fear with another one after 3 days of all those tests so I’m currently undergoing tests for something else. That’s the problem when is it a genuine health concern and when is it the anxiety that actually needs addressing. It’s so tough because I know I’m feeding my anxiety by getting the checks but not getting them scares me so much

I know what you mean. I always tell myself that after every GP appointment that I’ll let it go if they tell me they can’t see or feel anything wrong but I never do. I always tell myself I’ll live my life and stop worrying but then I change it to ‘I’ll live my life if I get a second opinion and they say it’s ok’ and now I feel I need a third opinion and am desperate to be referred for a scan. I know I’ll be ok for a while if the scan comes back clear but I’ll probably start thinking they were wrong/missed something. I’m beyond convinced I have something sinister wrong with me though. Can barely eat or sleep.

Trust me it’s your anxiety @MissJAG. I’ve mad all sorts of promises to myself to the universe to my ancestors! That pleas let this be ok and I promise I will live my life properly… the reassurance is always short lived. Have you suffered with health anxiety for a while, do you know what triggered it for you?

@Goolies
I’ve had health anxiety for as long as I can remember but never this intense. My partner’s boss was recently diagnosed with breast cancer (I’ve always been petrified of it though) which made me check my boobs. Usually I get my partner to check because I get into a state about it so I really don’t know what my boobs typically look or feel like. I originally thought I could feel a lump at the top of my left breast (didn’t even notice the dent at this point) but GP told me they felt nothing. Then I noticed the dent so went back. Another GP had a feel and looked and said they couldn’t feel or see anything wrong. I can see the dent though. Only when I raise my arm and in certain lights. More pronounced when I lean forward. So now I’m scared again and want a third opinion. I really want an ultrasound too because I’m so convinced there’s something wrong. It’s so distressing.

Can I follow please x

Hey @argueifnecessary would you add me back into the WhatsApp group pls x

Hi there can I join? I have had health anxiety for years and every now and again it spirals. Most recently I got myself into a real hole as I thought I had bowel cancer. I had some bleeding twice but then I started to think I had loads of other symptoms. I eventually went to see a colorectal surgeon and he said it’s high up piles which caused the bleed. The next day all my symptoms disappeared! My recent thing is liver cancer, I have a pain in my right side. However it hurts more when I move so I know it’s probably muscular but can’t get liver cancer out of my head. Obviously I keep pressing it etc which is prob making it worse. The GP has just put me on sertraline, been on it 4 weeks now and hopefully it will help soon. HA controls my life and it’s just so awful.

Hey guys,

Hope all are well, I haven't been on here off a while as been doing pretty well, however, over the last week or all my anxiety seems
To be coming back

I've had quite a lot going on, my son is starting senior school, we are moving house, I've taken on a extra job to get some extra money but now my anxiety is also back as well.

I have been to the doctor countless times in the last 6 months, I have this little lumps on my skin and I'm convinced it's skin cancer, the doctor is supposed to be ringing me today about it. Also, ive a nerve pain my leg and was prescribed amitriptyline that I only took for 2 nights as it completely wiped out.

Tonight I cannot sleep, daughters had a rough night and then I managed to drift off and woke to my phone going off and was my dad who had accidentally rang me and now my anxiety is at a all time high. Whether the phone call triggered it I don't know.

Anyway I just needed to get all that off me chest

Hey @KAP232 how you feeling now? Hope you got some reassurance from the doc?

Hi guys - please may I join? So I have health anxiety, not about myself but about my DC. In the care of my MIL for around an hour my DC got a bad sunburn when only 6 weeks old. I am convinced DC will get skin cancer and am now finding it difficult to function on a day to day basis. To the point where i can’t take DC outside. Any thoughts, help, reassurance? X

Hey @Doodahtee how are you today? Sorry to hear your struggling

@Goolies I feel slightly better today but there isn’t a day I don’t think about it. How are you?

I’m ok thanks you although it’s up and down every day m. Always fighting my thoughts, can be exhausting. We have a what’sapp group you’re welcome to join, you don’t have to, happy to message on here too. X

Oh yeh that would be good to join.

Private message your number to @argueifnecessary and she will add you x

I'm hoping someone is up for a handhold.

There was a situation with my DD's dad today (my ex) where he was really nasty to her and upset so so badly.

It's made my health anxiety flare up so badly because I'm terrified something will happen to me and she'll be left with only him to care for her.

I'm in bed now and my heart is racing. I've convinced myself the reason my eye is sore and swollen is because something is wrong with my brain, that I'm going to have a stroke due to high blood pressure, my heart is racing because I'm going to have a heart attack.

What makes matters worse is DD went out with her bf, due back at midnight, and they missed their bus so she's still making her way home (with him) at this time.

I feel a panic attack coming on

Hey @charlotteself so sorry to hear you’re suffering, I hope you’re dee kind a bit calmer now, I think it’s really common for any external stresses to trigger the anxiety. Happens to me often it’s almost like that’s my go to. How are you feeling this morning? X

Could someone please tag me in the new thread. Would it be possible that I could join the WhatsApp group please x

Hey @3boyshere if you private message @argueifnecessary with your number she will add you to the group

@Goolies sorry to be stupid but how do I private message on here x

If you click on the 3 little dots on the right it should give you an option to private message. You can send it to me and I can forward it if that’s easier x

@3boyshere I think you have to do it via the webpage not the app x